"Mohammad Yaqoob" redirects here. For the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, see Muhammad Yaqub. For the Pakistani Olympic hurdler, see Muhammad Yaqub (athlete).
Mawlawi[1]
Mullah
Mohammad Yaqoob
محمد یعقوب
Minister of Defense
Acting
Assumed office 7 September 2021
Prime Minister
Hasan Akhund (acting)
Deputy
Mohammad Fazl (acting) Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting)
Supreme Leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by
Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting)
Second Deputy Leader of Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2021
Serving with Sirajuddin Haqqani and Abdul Ghani Baradar
Supreme Leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by
Sarwar Danish (as Second Vice President)
In exile 25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021
Supreme Leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Head of the Military Affairs Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2021
In exile 7 May 2020 – 15 August 2021
Deputy
Ibrahim Sadr
Preceded by
Ibrahim Sadr
Personal details
Born
1990 (age 33–34)
Nationality
Afghan
Ethnicity
Ghilji Pashtun
Religion
Sunni Islam
Political affiliation
Taliban
Military service
Allegiance
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Branch/service
Military Affairs Commission (2020–present)
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)
Rank
General[2]
Commands
Deputy Head of the Military Affairs Commission (Southwestern Zone) (2016–2020)
Head of the Military Affairs Commission (2020–present)
Battles/wars
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid[1] (Pashto/Dari: محمد یعقوب, Pashto pronunciation:[mʊˈhamadjaˈqub], Dari pronunciation:[mʊˈhammadjaːˈqʊb]; born 1990) is an Afghan commander and cleric who is the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting defense minister. He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2016, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the Taliban's victory over Western-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. He has been the Taliban's military chief since 2020.
^ ab"Acting Defense Minister visits 205th Al-Badr corps". Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Voice of Jihad. Helmand. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^"Taliban Defense Ministry: We have targeted military centers in Pakistan along the imaginary Durand Line". Bayan News Agency. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid (Pashto/Dari: محمد یعقوب, Pashto pronunciation: [mʊˈhamad jaˈqub], Dari pronunciation: [mʊˈhammad jaːˈqʊb]; born 1990) is...
"at least" three wives and "at least" five or six children, including MullahYaqoob, the current acting Defence Minister of Afghanistan. Omar refused to...
the Haqqani militant network; Mullah Abdul Latif Mansoor, the commander of the Mansoor network in Paktika and Khost; Mullah Abdur Razaq Akhundzada, the...
deputies to the leader, the other two being Sirajuddin Haqqani and MullahYaqoob. Although he served under supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, according...
contenders for the role were Sirajuddin Haqqani, Mansour's other deputy, and MullahYaqoob, the son of founding leader Mohammad Omar. Akhundzada's appointment...
corps of the Islamic Emirate Army were renamed in November 2021 by MullahYaqoob, Acting Minister of Defense. They are listed below. All the corps beyond...
2022, Second Deputy Leader of Afghanistan and Acting Defense Minister MullahYaqoob met with UAE President Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. They...
between one and three. Akhundzada has three deputies: Sirajuddin Haqqani, MullahYaqoob, and Abdul Ghani Baradar. Haqqani was first appointed as a deputy leader...
respective ministries are Mohammed Yaqoob, head of the Military Affairs Commission within the Rahbari Shura and son of Mullah Omar, and Sirajuddin Haqqani,...
toppled despite the fact that the Haqqani network and Mullah Yaqub, Mullah Baradar and Mullah Haibatullah were from Kandahar, Helmand, Kunar and Ghazni...
territorial expansion. On 29 May 2020, it was reported that Mullah Omar's son MullahYaqoob was now acting as leader of the Taliban after numerous Quetta...
while other important positions would go to Sirajuddin Haqqani and MullahYaqoob. Beneath the supreme leader, day-to-day governance will be entrusted...
Minister Hasan Akhund (acting) Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani (first) MullahYaqoob (second) Abdul Ghani Baradar (third) Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani...
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub or Yakoub (Arabic: يعقوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It...
Mohammad Farshad Daryosh (17 May 2023). "Mawlawi Kabir Appointed Acting PM As Mullah Hassan Akhund is Ill: Mujahid". TOLOnews. Archived from the original on...
2004 Constitution of the Islamic Republic. The dastur is vague; it named Mullah Omar Supreme Leader and places the highest authority in that position but...
supreme leader in the event of a vacancy. Under the first supreme leader, Mullah Omar, the role of the council was purely advisory, but an agreement to rule...
Times. Retrieved 4 November 2022. Dam, Bette (2019). "The Secret Life of Mullah Omar" (PDF). Zomia Center. Retrieved 29 June 2022. Trofimov, Yaroslav (13...
Minister Hasan Akhund (acting) Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani (first) MullahYaqoob (second) Abdul Ghani Baradar (third) Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani...
Mohammad Farshad Daryosh (17 May 2023). "Mawlawi Kabir Appointed Acting PM As Mullah Hassan Akhund is Ill: Mujahid". TOLOnews. Retrieved 17 May 2023. Adeeb,...
Haqqani (head of Haqqani network and future IEA interior minister), MullahYaqoob (future IEA minister of defense), Aziz Haqqani, Yahya Haqqani, and Ayman...
tape was published in which the Taliban acting minister of defence MullahYaqoob mentioned that several Taliban outposts in the Khavash valley in the...
Mohammad Farshad Daryosh (17 May 2023). "Mawlawi Kabir Appointed Acting PM As Mullah Hassan Akhund is Ill: Mujahid". TOLOnews. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Adeeb...
governors of Afghanistan also include large percentage of Pashtuns. MullahYaqoob serves as acting Defense Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani as acting Interior...
the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme leader from July 2015 to May 2016, when he was...
Minister Hasan Akhund (acting) Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani (first) MullahYaqoob (second) Abdul Ghani Baradar (third) Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani...
Taliban. In January 2022, Muhammad Rasul met with defense minister MullahYaqoob in Kabul and stated his support for the new government. During the Friday...
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